AltWeeklies Wire
Moore of the Same, But Less Convincingnew
You can share Moore’s every political sentiment in the movie yet fail to be persuaded by his logic. It’s all associative, an argument by induction and inference. All the cheap shots and easy cuts—Iraqis bleed, Bush smirks—fail to make a coherent case.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
06-23-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Moore, Fahrenheit 9/11
Till Death Do They Part?new
While there’s been tons of attention on the first controversial bursts of weddings and related court maneuverings, few have looked at what makes gay and lesbian relationships work—or falter.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
06-22-2004 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
The Secular Case Against Gay Marriagenew
Gay marriage is less about an inalienable right and more about a choice society has to make, a change with far-ranging consequences for law and culture. Our society may or may not be ready to change its mind.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
06-22-2004 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Racing Down the Slippery Slopenew
What’s after gay marriage? Polygamy? Bring it on.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
06-22-2004 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Gay Marriage and the Perils of Being ‘Normal’new
Gay unions are fleeting? The divorce rate will skyrocket? So? Gays and lesbians have every human right to be as messy, ill-advised, unprepared, offensive, and just generally stupid as everybody else—and reap the same legal benefits for said stupid behavior.
Seattle Weekly |
Steve Wiecking |
06-22-2004 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Space: A Billionaire's Starry-Eyed Enterprisenew
Maybe it’s another eccentric indulgence, but what if Paul Allen’s little space program really takes off?
Seattle Weekly |
Chuck Taylor |
06-22-2004 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Accessible Improv of Saxophonist Wally Shoupnew
Genre names are a bitch. But Wally Shoup, the saxophonist whose 1981 LP Scree-Run Waltz was one of the first free-improv recordings to be independently produced in America, avoids naming his by referring to the maze of sounds as “this music.”
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Cassidy |
06-16-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Confluxus, Wally Shoup
Terminally Trappednew
Steven Spielberg masterfully makes the airport terminal a character in its own right, a bright, bland emporium of name-brand culture—not the ’60s pleasure palace in "Catch Me if You Can," but an inescapable enclosure, a bit like the haunted house in "Poltergeist" or the totalitarian dystopias of "AI" and "Minority Report."
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
06-16-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Steven Spielberg, The Terminal
The Faith of Journalismnew
A heathen editor confronts his own ‘religion.’
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
06-15-2004 |
Media
The Corporation Psychoanalyzednew
Corporations are "persons" under the law. A new book and film ask, What kind of people?
Seattle Weekly |
Roger Downey |
06-15-2004 |
Reviews
Workers' Reports Lead to Record Medicare-Fraud Settlementnew
The full story of the University of Washington Medicare-fraud case, settled for a record $35 million, has not been told, says a whistleblower. For starters, clerks were ordered to forge doctor signatures and re-create old records. Fear of firing, meanwhile, kept everyone quiet. Almost.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
06-08-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: of, Washington, crime, health, fraud, care, Medicare, university, whistleblowers, crime & justice
Animal-Rights Activists Arrested under New Terrorism Lawnew
They vandalize, they’re disruptive, and they intimidate. But are animal-rights activists practicing terrorism?
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
06-08-2004 |
Animal Issues
Infomatik’s Art-Punk Leaves Early ’80s Behind.new
It's that time-honored bane of all unproven, fledgling bands: Life outside of Infomatik is a synapse-stultifying, endlessly looping Day Job, and Booji Boys are lurking everywhere.
Seattle Weekly |
Andrew Bonazelli |
06-08-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Infomatik
Van Gogh Exhibit Visits Seattlenew
This summer the Seattle Art Museum hosts a stellar collection of paintings by the Dutch artist and other modernists from the collection of Holland’s Kröller-Müller Museum.
Seattle Weekly |
Andrew Engelson |
06-08-2004 |
Art
Chefs Visit James Beard Home to Create Feastnew
Unwilling to take a chance on the availability of food and condiments in New York, chefs for a Beard banquet take their support staff and most of the makings with them.
Seattle Weekly |
Roger Downey |
06-08-2004 |
Food+Drink
